2021 Connacht Senior Football Championship
# 2021 Connacht Senior Football Championship

The 2021 Connacht Senior Football Championship was the 2021 iteration of the Connacht Senior Football Championship organised by Connacht GAA.

## Teams

The 2021 Connacht championship was contested by the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht. London and New York were withdrawn from the 2020 and 2021 Connacht championships as part of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, due to international travel restrictions. There was a full open draw for the first time in more than 40 years. It took place on 19 April 2021. Sligo withdrew from the championship in 2020 but returned in 2021. London and New York returned in 2022 but games for 2021 not expected to take place until 2026.

### Cancelled Games

| Team | Colours | Sponsor | Manager | Captain | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Colours | Sponsor | Manager | Captain | All-Ireland | Provincial |
| Galway | Maroon and white | Supermac's | Pádraic Joyce | Shane Walsh | 2001 | 2018 |
| Leitrim | Green and gold | J. P. Clarke's Saloon, New York | Terry Hyland | Wayne McKeon | | 1994 |
| London* | Green and white | | Michael Maher | | | |
| Mayo | Green and red | Intersport Elverys | James Horan | Aidan O'Shea | 1951 | 2020 |
| New York* | Red, white and blue | | | | | |
| Roscommon | Blue and yellow | Ballymore | Anthony Cunningham | Enda Smith | 1944 | 2019 |
| Sligo | Black and white | AbbVie | Tony McEntee | Keelan Cawley | | 2007 |

|* = Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on 11 December 2020, the GAA decided to cancel Roscommon hosting New York, On 8 April 2021, Mayo cancelled hosting London. They were both back for the 2022 campaign.

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Leitrim | Leitrim | 0-11 | | | |
| | | | Mayo | Mayo | 5-20 | | | |
| Mayo | Mayo | 3-23 | Mayo | Mayo | 5-20 | | | |
| Sligo | Sligo | 0-12 | | | | | | |
| Sligo | Sligo | 0-12 | | | | Mayo | Mayo | 2-14 |
| | | | | | | Galway | Galway | 2-8 |
| | | | Galway | Galway | 2-11 | | | |
| | | | Roscommon | Roscommon | 0-12 | | | |

## Quarter-finals

Two counties were randomly drawn to face each other in the quarter-finals. The lowest ranked county to play in the quarter-finals was Sligo of Division 4.

| 26 June 2021 16:30 Quarter-final | Mayo (2) | 3-23 - 0-12 | Sligo (4) | Markievicz Park, Sligo Attendance: 200 Referee: Paul Faloon (Down) Man of the Match: Aidan O'Shea (Breaffy) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 June 2021 16:30 Quarter-final | Aidan O'Shea 2-2, Darren McHale 1-5, Ryan O'Donoghue 0-5 (0-4f), Eoghan McLaughlin, Conor Loftus, Tommy Conroy 0-2 each, Patrick Durcan, Jordan Flynn, Fergal Boland, Stephen Coen, James Carr 0-1 each | Report | Niall Murphy 0-6 (0-1f), Sean Carrabine 0-2, Paddy O'Connor, Liam Gaughan, Mikey Gordon, Keelan Cawley 0-1 each | Markievicz Park, Sligo Attendance: 200 Referee: Paul Faloon (Down) Man of the Match: Aidan O'Shea (Breaffy) |

## Semi-finals

Three counties were given a bye to this stage and were joined by the winning team from quarter-final. The lowest ranked county to play in the semi-finals was Leitrim of Division 4.

| 4 July 2021 13:15 Semi-final | Galway (1) | 2-11 - 0-12 | Roscommon (1) | Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon Attendance: 1,049 Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) Man of the Match: Matthew Tierney (Oughterard) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 July 2021 13:15 Semi-final | Matthew Tierney 1-3 (0-2f, 1 '45), Paul Kelly 1-2, Robert Finnerty and Shane Walsh (0-2f) 0-2 each, Sean Kelly and Damien Comer 0-1 each | Report | Enda Smith 0-3, Conor Daly and Donie Smith (1 '45) 0-2 each, Brian Stack, Conor Hussey, Ciaran Murtagh (0-1f), Diarmuid Murtagh, Cathal Cregg 0-1 each | Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon Attendance: 1,049 Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) Man of the Match: Matthew Tierney (Oughterard) |
| 11 July 2021 14:00 Semi-final | Mayo (2) | 5-20 - 0-11 | Leitrim (4) | MacHale Park, Castlebar Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford) Man of the Match: Ryan O'Donoghue (Belmullet) |
| 11 July 2021 14:00 Semi-final | Ryan O'Donoghue 1-6 (0-3f), Darren McHale 2-1, Darren Coen and Tommy Conroy 1-3 each, Matthew Ruane and Conor Loftus 0-2 each, Stephen Coen, Aidan O'Shea, James Carr 0-1 each | Report | Keith Beirne 0-5f, Conor Dolan and Riordan O'Rourke 0-2 each, Paddy Maguire and Evan Sweeney 0-1 each | MacHale Park, Castlebar Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford) Man of the Match: Ryan O'Donoghue (Belmullet) |

## Final

| 25 July 2021 13:30 Final | Mayo | 2-14 - 2-8 | Galway | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) Man of the Match: Matthew Ruane (Breaffy) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 July 2021 13:30 Final | Ryan O'Donoghue 1-3 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Matthew Ruane 1-2, Conor Loftus and Tommy Conroy 0-2 each, Rob Hennelly (1 '45), Paddy Durcan, Darren McHale, Kevin McLoughlin, James Carr 0-1 each | Report | Shane Walsh 1-1, Matthew Tierney 0-4 (0-3f), Damien Comer 1-0, Paul Conroy 0-2, Cathal Sweeney 0-1 | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) Man of the Match: Matthew Ruane (Breaffy) |

Mayo qualified for the 2021 All-Ireland SFC semi-finals.

